geschéien

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German giskehan, prefixed form of skehan, from Proto-Germanic *skehaną. Cognate with German geschehen, Dutch geschieden. From the earliest records of Central Franconian, the verb combines a strong preterite with a weak past participle (versus other High German strong and Dutch/Low German weak forms).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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geschéien (third-person singular present geschitt, preterite geschouch, past participle geschitt, auxiliary verb sinn)

  1. (intransitive, impersonal) to happen, to occur

Conjugation

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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References

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  1. ^ Braune, Wilhelm: Untersuchungen über Heinrich von Veldeke, Halle, 1872, p. 10f.